when they know that he is for gun control, that he supports obamacare, that he has indicated that he wants to give the president great leeway in judicial nominations including the supreme court, that's not a message that's going to resonate with kansasens. and clearly polling information i would say the poll most recently reported today is generally considered a democrat-leaning pollster, in addition it sure appears that they've underestimated republican voters. but rather than quibble about polls, i think once the facts become known -- which is what a campaign is about. senator roberts has described who he is and people will describe who greg orman is, then this becomes the kind of race in which difficult highly unlikely that a democrat /independent can win elections. host: let me turn to shawn. >> there were signs that he was running a lack luster campaigns, concerns about hi residency. why did you wait so long before deploying top staffers, reshuffling his campaign? why didn't you go in earlier to right the ship? >> we provided at the senate campaign committee we provide advice to